If you have issues entering the event please contact Athletics Victoria PRIOR to the closing date. This can be done via email to sportdelivery@athsvic.org.au or by phoning the Athletics Victoria office on (03) 7032 8400. Please leave a message explaining the issues you are experiencing. Athletics Victoria will not accept any late entries. Emails received after the closing date will not be accept
Event Specific Information
Draft Timetable (Coming Soon)
Start Time
Age Groups
Runners x Distance
Start Line
Age Groups
Age Group
Year of Birth
U14
2011, 2012 & 2013
U15
2010
U16
2009
U17
2008
U18
2007
U20
2005, 2006
Competition Specific Rules
Athletes are only eligible to compete in one age group. This includes both individual and team competition.
The first four athletes to finish from the same school count for team awards.
Team Managers
AV require mobile numbers of all team managers to allow contact if any changes to the event need to be made due to the forecasted weather conditions. Please submit your team managers names and contact numbers via sportdelivery@athsvic.org.au
If portions of the course are deemed unsafe due to the weather conditions, shorter race distances may be implemented.
AV will review the weather forecast Friday evening as well as completing a review of weather and course conditions Saturday morning. Any changes to the competition due to conditions will be communicated via text message to the provided Team Manager contacts.
Car Parking
We encourage all participants to arrive EARLY as there will be a premium on parking and access within Bundoora Park with the All Schools Championships running in the morning.
We encourage carpooling where possible with Public Transport also available via Tram 86 running every 15 minutes from Southern Cross Station, with a stop approx. 15 minute walk from the start line.
School Marquees
All marquees must be secured by weights. The Marquee zones can be seen below and will be marked out on the day.
Bib Collection
Schools that registered as a group are to collect Bibs from the Administration Area and distribute to their students.
Athletes that registered as individuals are to collect your bibs from the administration area separately. Please do so 30 minutes prior to event start time to ensure you are ready for the race!
Uniform & Bibs
All registered athletes are required to wear the approved school sports uniform, or a plain black/white top.
All athletes must wear allocated School XCR bibs on their front and back.
All athletes are required to wear two Athletics Victoria competition bibs; one with an affixed timing chip must be pinned to the front of the athlete’s competition uniform, the other to the back.
Course Map & Warm Up (Coming Soon)
Athletes will be running in an anti-clockwise direction as noted in the Course Map (can be viewed below via link)
Please ensure that you familiarise yourself with the course and any alternate directions required as part of the 3km, 4km, 6km & 8km courses.
Athletes are not to warm up on any part of the course. Please ensure where possible athletes physically distance while warming up.
School Helpers
Please contact Andrea Hallett (Hallett@athsvic.org.au) if you have any questions regarding communicated school helper duties. Officials and club helpers are required to sign in at administration by 9.15am with the first race to commence at 10.00am. All helpers will be given a voucher for the coffee van on upon sign in, with light snacks made available.
Team Manager & Official Briefings
There will be two briefings by the Competition Director for officials & team Managers at the Finish line:
Course Marshals – 9:15am If your club is allocated to a marshal point, please ensure that this person attends the briefing.
School Managers & all other Officials – 9:30am One representative from each school will need to attend the Team managers briefing and this is the time to ask any questions regarding the day to the competition director.
First Aid
First Aid will be on site throughout the day. They will be situated at the start/finish line. If anyone needs first aid, please ask an official/club helper to radio through and first aid will be out to help.
Food Vendor
To Be Confirmed
Results
Results, including live results and team results, will be published through out the All Schools XCR season on the Athletics Victoria ResultsHub webpage – https://athsvic.resultshub.com.au/
Athletics Victoria has a wet/warm weather policy in place for the upcoming XCR’24 season. Please note we will let Team Managers know any information regarding this before the day or make announcements on the morning of the event. Please listen out for these throughout the day for any extreme weather announcements.
If you have issues entering the event please contact Athletics Victoria PRIOR to the closing date. This can be done via email to sportdelivery@athsvic.org.au or by phoning the Athletics Victoria office on 7032 8400 and leave a message explaining the issues you are experiencing. Athletics Victoria will not accept any late entries. Emails received after the closing date will not be accepted.
NOTE: Please be aware that following the closure of entries, AV will publish a provisional timetable which will take the place of the Draft Timetable.